Mitch McConnell, boasting in August 2016 about his greatest act of obstruction: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.’" pic.twitter.com/tKEq62iZnf #Kavanaugh #MerrickGarland
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) September 26, 2018
Trump is just a symptom; the GOP is the disease. Remember, kids: Sharing is caring!
.@gillibrandny: This is not about whether or not he should be convicted; this is about whether he has the privilege to serve on the highest court of the land for a lifetime. This is not a court of law this is a job interview. It is our job as senators to assess if he is honest. pic.twitter.com/YbuiAYjisd
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) September 26, 2018
Twenty years ago this month the Starr Report came out. Let’s review what happened to some of Bill Clinton’s antagonists. (1/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
House Speaker Newt Gingrich all the while was having an affair with a staffer. (She is now ambassador to the Vatican.) He stepped down as speaker. (3/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
Fortunately for the GOP, they settled on another replacement, who served for eight years. That man, Dennis Hastert, later served time in a federal prison for molesting young boys when he was a wrestling coach. (5/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
But at least one of Starr’s young staff attorneys made good. Brett Kavanaugh is likely to become the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court–unless, that is, someone discovers that he committed sexual assault or witnessed gang rapes while in high school (7/7)
— David Greenberg (@republicofspin) September 26, 2018
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF LINDSEYhttps://t.co/hcnH5jIsL8
— darth™ (@darth) September 26, 2018
“Shared grievances”=men upset that women think they’re something other than property https://t.co/HDNZaYRbEG
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 26, 2018
Again, it’s not an accident or a coincidence that the alternative to the country’s first female president is all of this.
— laura olin (@lauraolin) September 27, 2018
“This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is and this never happened.” pic.twitter.com/KIHK7x6TIW
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 26, 2018
I'm beginning to think that someone got a monkey's paw in 2016 and wished for Merrick Garland not to be confirmed.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 26, 2018
Just a theory, but maybe the Republican Party is a dumpster fire right now because they are controlled by truly bad people.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 26, 2018
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone ???
rikyrah
Love the title
tybee
blech?
Dan B
Night’s out from the left coast, from a night owl. Sorta sounds like a title for a sci-fi dystopian novel of the takeover of a big money party by evil yellow spawn of a giant yellow spawn-birthing creature that occupies the sest of power. No resemblance to current persons or events, except symbolically.
Lapassionara
@tybee: someone had to say it.
p.a.
Let’s not forget ‘supported’. Controlled and supported.
p.a.
Misspelled email, no edit. ?
OzarkHillbilly
@tybee: Yo tambien, Amigo.
m0nty
If it came out later that McConnell tortured puppies, kept a harem of slaves or enabled a friend’s abuse it might not even make the top five evil things he has done in his life.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
That’s the latest spin, that it’s really Great News for
McCainthem.Yet fresh polls shows the rape guy is causing them to bleed even more gop suburban women.
Aleta
Aleta
Lindsey Graham wants to know if he has become a parody account:
Aleta
Kavanaugh Sobering Up After 35-Year Bender Shocked To Find Out He’s Supreme Court Nominee
https://politics.theonion.com/kavanaugh-sobering-up-after-35-year-bender-shocked-to-f-1829331031
(see photo)
gene108
It is interesting one of the arguments against CBF, among Republicans men, is that if we were all culpable in adulthood for act she from high school, millions upon millions of men’s lives will be ruined.
But I see no Democratic men joining them.
It seems like Republicans are trying to rally support on the basis that Anya guy can have his career ruined based on unsubstantiated allegations from any point in his past.
Hopefully this strategy is falling flat on its face, as most men do not have sexual assault skeletons in their closets, and should point out they are not worried because they never assulted anyone.
Raven
They died for themselves!
Baud
@rikyrah: Is this really the morning thread? AL has been double dealing lately.
Good morning.
TS (the original)
Lots of men on MJ – one very seriously discussed how you can’t just believe an accusation by a woman because a seat on the SCOTUS is being considered. I turned it off.
He who would be a SC Justice must be above suspicion – and this man is not. Also, he lies.
OzarkHillbilly
@gene108: Dem wimmens is out to git us’ns.
gene108
@TS (the original):
Avoiding the appearance of impropriety only applies to Democrats. If there isn’t not a rule against, with prosecutors willing to dish out severe penalties, than anything is fair game for Republicans. And even then, it is not much of a roadblock, if they think they won’t get caught, like all the people in the Trump campaign.
gene108
@OzarkHillbilly:
Ah, we are pu$$y whipped. Makes sense.
John S.
@gene108:
This is exactly my position.
Me personally? I’ve never sexually harassed a woman. I’ve never tried to sexually assault a woman. And therefore, I’ve never had to lie about it.
I sleep pretty well at night next to the same woman – the only woman – I’ve been with for the entire 23 years of my adult life.
I honestly don’t understand what is wrong with these people. Maybe because in my youth (and as an adult), I didn’t associate with scumbags.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: It is so far.
Immanentize
I am not looking forward to the day.
OzarkHillbilly
@gene108: Dey wants our precious bodily fluids.
Immanentize
By which, I guess, I mean to say
Blech
Immanentize
I wonder if Avanetti is going to bring his client to the hearing and tell the Senators she is ready to testify. That would be his style.
Tony Jay
@OzarkHillbilly:
I think the problem for many Republicans is that the opposite is true, but they don’t see why they have to take no for an answer.
Aleta
And then their attention turns back to the lives of teenage girls.
satby
BLECH ?
OzarkHillbilly
@Tony Jay: Dem wimmens jus’ don’ know what dey wants. Dats whys we has to tell dem.
Patricia Kayden
@OzarkHillbilly: Lol! That’s pretty much it. Did you hear Trump’s press conference yesterday where he kept bringing up how evil women had accused him of sexual harassment? Did you know he is a victim?
PaulWartenberg
@m0nty:
No no. Torturing puppies is ALWAYS in the top f-cking five.
OzarkHillbilly
@Patricia Kayden: Dey is always lurkin’ around corners wit dere ‘luring bodies tryin’ to entrap us wit de evil. A man’s can’t blamed fer it ifn’s decades later she lies and tells tales.
debbie
@Patricia Kayden:
Yeah, and how evil MeToo is. I want to see that clip in Dem ads this fall.
PenAndKey
@PaulWartenberg: in the timeline where Biff didn’t find Marty’s betting book, maybe.
Mary G
I am waking up every half hour. Blech.
rikyrah
@Immanentize:
Neither am I?
J R in WV
I’m going to try to take the kitties to the vet for their booster vaccinations and regular checkup. Make sure they’re still full of meanness!
I should take the dawgs too, they have become so lazy their toenails aren’t being worn down properly, and so click on the floor when they walk. It’s loud enuff to wake the dead!
There shouldn’t be any news at the vet’s clinic, so that’s a good thing. Cannot even think of attempting to watch a bunch of pure-evil women-hating patriarchs interview a witness about sexual assault, “No, No, No!” as Amy Winehouse once said.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@gene108:
Considering there reaction “I did nothing wrong” I suspect this behavior wasn’t just in High School. I am pretty sure I did plenty wrong back in the day, nothing illegal mind you, but plenty to disappoint my partners lol
Duane
Trump accussing democrats of being con artists and running a con job is some first class projection. His hypcocrisy gun is set on stunning.
Just One More Canuck
@Aleta: Area man has to check to see if that was really from the Onion
BlueGirlFromWyo
@gene108: Yes, men can’t be held culpable for anything they did it high school. But young women not reporting groups of men who could beat them for it, that’s fair game.